Ayu's self owned albums?

[Namie♡TOP SECRET]

I could just imagine Ayu going on google and typing in Ayumi Hamasaki Lyrics. (Ooh, what's this? Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai? Ooh, looks interesting. Okay, I'll sign up. Name: Erm...AYUNITE!. Taken. Erm...AyuHamasakiOfficial. Pass: ****. Library. Oh, yes, these are the lyrics to "A Song for ××". Ooh, I can also download the songs. Wicked. I'll go off to tell Max.) -.-

[noidea]

I think she has all of her releases, but she probably has different houses and she is on tour, so she doesnt always have them with her, thats when she looks it up in the internet^^

[kendelle]

Originally Posted by juicy

i'm sure avex gives her a free copy of each of her releases.

though, they are pretty greedy, so maybe they make her buy them

Wow, I can totally picture Avex doing that!

"Thank you for you hard work Miss Hamasaki!!! I believe it will sell 195 000 copies, bringing us an income of 324 000JPY. If you would like a copy please deposit 6722JPY into our account as soon as possible"




Hmm, I wonder if she downloads the tracks legally?

[ren'ai]

I would hope she has a copy of everything she's made! I know I'd want to lol

[emi♡]

I'm fairly sure she has everything...

if not at her house, then at a studio or something...because I remember seeing pictures of her somewhere and there was soooo much stuff on the walls.

[Picaflor 7/4]

Originally Posted by ownsarai

lol could you imagine her coming across the forum? >.> We'd probably be shut down in a quickness.
I would hope Ayu owns some of her own music, if not all of it. I know I would.

we wouldn't be shut down. if you mean by the downloads, then those threads are invisible to guests. and I don't think ayu would be willling to sign up to a site about herself to find out.

[chloeM]

aww... if she keeps some albums of herself... it's sweet~

[krazeyo]

Ah I found the thread! It vaguely answers the question. She used to never buy her own CDs, then one day she decided to download them?! Rather vague..she downloaded her songs..and maybe she buys them now?

---By the way, You once said that sometimes the songs from "Duty" will be too painful to hear, so how about now?


Recently I discovered that downloading song can be so much fun. Althought I have bought a lot of music before, but it is my very first time buying my own CD. My house used to lack CDs performed by me and I would never listen to my songs inside my house. Then one random day I suddenly feel and urge of listening to my songs and I tried hard to download it. After that I thought, "Ohhhh, I sang about these kind of things before..."

---May I know it was which song?

From old songs to new releases. But there are some songs which was made during the "Duty" and "Memorial Address" era; those songs which were released when I was super busy. When I finally listened to it, I have a wierd feeling that it was not my song, but somebody else's.

--Any special feelings?

A lot~~~ (laughs). I would feel like the performer was like a tidal wave! But sometimes I can't hear the lyrics very well, and I just can't memorize it even when I tried to keep up with the CD, so I ended up searching for the lyrics of my own song on the internet (giggles)

--Why would you start to do things like that?


I think it's because I wanted to get serious again. I would not be afraid to inspect myself from outside to inside. I find that interesting, too.

From Cawaii December 2007 translated by isaac hiew.
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69942

[zyoeru]

^ That is so cute. XD

[Hydeki]

Oh... excuse me, but I don't understand the topic itself... What do you mean? My english it's so poor -__-

EDIT: Oh! I see! Forget it, lol it must be the sleep XD. And yeah I don't imagine ayu searching in google "ayumi hamasaki ourselves lyric" for example XD.

[mcluva420]

thats for posting the article translation

[yuki_unmei]

@krazeyo: Wow thanks! That's a great interview. That's so funny how she downloaded her own songs.

[zyoeru]

^ Illegally or legally?

[y_nathz]

Originally Posted by Picaflor 7/4

oh my god... what if ayu came across this site while googling herself and made an account on here!!!!!

we must find her now!!!!

intresting..

[mcluva420]

maybe shes a lurker
it would be a great honor to AHS if she became a member xD

[Ayu-me]

I could imagine Ayu looking around here [AHS] from time to time, if only to just see what our opinions about her work are. I know I would if I became famous, if I had the time, that is. And if I became famous, I'd have three physical copies of all my works, for listening, display and safe-keeping, and all the merchandise, though I'd have it locked up in my basement. Wouldn't want to blow up my head (more than I already have, that is... ) looking at my success each and every day... Hopefully Ayu wouldn't, either...

[critter333294]

I'll bet ayu secretly trolls YAJ to find copies of Nothing from Nothing which she can purchase and destroy XD

[visionfactory]

Originally Posted by Furashubakku

^ Illegally or legally?

she downloaded the songs from iTunes so yes legally

[nemesisyume]

Originally Posted by juicy

though, they are pretty greedy, so maybe they make her buy them

''oh don't worry you will get 10% off... I mean 5% ''

[krazeyo]

I wonder if she actually does use iTunes though or does she actually support her tie-in companies (musico and music.jp XD)

If she did use iTunes..just imagine her spazzing when they took her songs down.
Ayu: OMG? WHERE ARE MY SONGS?! -phones avex immediately to yell at them to get her songs put back up-